Insights and Stories on Alberta

ICE weekly outlook: Pressure builds on canola as yield outlooks vary

Sep. 12, 2018 at 6:27 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE’s November canola futures look poised to continue chopping around between the $490-$500 per tonne mark, as uncertainty over yields in Western Canada sows seeds of doubt throughout the trade. “Yields that have been coming in suggest the crop will be bigger than the (Statistics Canada) estimate,” […]

Klassen: Feeder market waiting for direction

Sep. 10, 2018 at 9:53 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas buck pulse trend

Sep. 4, 2018 at 5:56 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages expected for Prairie barley

Aug. 16, 2018 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Prairie crop tour sees slightly bigger wheat, canola yields

Jul. 26, 2018 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Japan resumes Canadian wheat purchases

Jul. 20, 2018 at 11:08 am CDT

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan’s agriculture ministry said Friday it had resumed purchases of Canadian wheat after testing showed no imports that reached the country included grain containing a genetically modified trait discovered in Alberta last summer. Japan’s agriculture ministry said it was seeking to buy 62,957 tonnes of food-quality […]

By Reuters

Prairie hay crops look thin in many areas

Jul. 19, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Many farmers taking off their first hay cuts are also gathering more talking points to grumble over at coffee row. While many producers are still working to get the first cut done and the situation could change with the second cut, many regions are already reporting below-average […]

By Terry Fries

South Korea lifts suspension on Canadian wheat sales

Jun. 26, 2018 at 3:58 am CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea’s food ministry on Tuesday said it had lifted a temporary suspension on sales of Canadian wheat as it had not discovered any unapproved genetically modified strains during tests on imports. South Korea suspended sales of Canadian wheat last week after Canada announced the discovery […]

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil crop prospects look good, market down

Jun. 19, 2018 at 7:30 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The western Canadian lentil crop is looking good, which has buyers in no rush to lock in contracts. “The crop is germinating well and so (buyers are) not really anxious or worried about having product available in this coming crop year,” said Marlene Boersch, of Mercantile Consulting […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Weaker corn, barley prices support feeder market

Jun. 11, 2018 at 9:00 pm CDT

Western Canadian yearling prices traded $3 to as much as $8 above week-ago levels while calves were steady to $2 higher. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $140-$143, unchanged from week-ago levels; however, a fortuitous $5 bounce in the U.S. fed cattle market bolstered buying enthusiasm […]

By Jerry Klassen